No. 9 Arkansas softball team dispatches No. 1 Texas A&M in series opener

No. 9 Arkansas softball team dispatches No. 1 Texas A&M in series opener

Courtney Day (Photo courtesy of University of Arkansas) COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks took the series opener with a 7-5 victory over No. 1/2 Texas A&M on Friday night at Davis Diamond, marking the Razorbacks’ first win over a No. 1 opponent (NFCA Poll) since 2012. Arkansas’ previous wins against top-ranked opponents in the NFCA Poll occurred on Feb. 18, 2011, with a victory over UCLA and May 18, 2012, with a win at Cal i…

Fell short and fell hard

No. 2 Texas A&M softball dropped the ball Saturday night, losing 7-4 to No. 9 Arkansas in the second game of the series while stranding eleven runners on base. Currently sixth in Southeastern Conference play, the Razorbacks entered a jam-packed Davis Diamond — housing 2,418 gig’em thumbs and traveling cardinal and white T-shirts shouting “Wooo Pig Sooie” with pumping fists. But this game, “Wooo Pig Sooie” would quiet the Maroon and White.  Junio…